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Gourdbeader San Antonio, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2004

Why doesn't someone invent a small lawn mower for small yards. I wish that someone would come up with a little mower that is about a foot wide that would fit between my plants so that I don't have to get down with my sissors and cut the grass that my mower can't reach. I don't want to use a weed eater as I may cut the stems of my plants. I have a little push mower but ever that is too wide. Do we have any inventers or mechanics out there that can create such a mower?
Well, thanks for letting me vent. If you have any good suggestions I'm ready to hear them.
Jan

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daisyavenue Long Beach, CA(Zone 10b) Sep 24, 2004

We tried doing that with a small reel mower in our old garden but the problem with them is that if your yard is too small, you can't get the leverage going quickly enough to start the reel turning.

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Gourdbeader San Antonio, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2004

I never heard of a reel mower. Do they still make them? Sounds like something I might be interested in.

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kikisdad Spring Hill, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 24, 2004

try this
http://www.outsidepride.com/store/catalog/Reel-Mowers-p-1-c-266.html

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daisyavenue Long Beach, CA(Zone 10b) Sep 24, 2004

We get stuff from here-

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/reelmowers.html

Check out the manual chainsaw too : )

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elsie Sep 24, 2004

Jan, I've never used one but have you seen these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50377&item=4326261207&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

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daisyavenue Long Beach, CA(Zone 10b) Sep 24, 2004

Is that for real? LOL its like having a member of the Jetson's family mow your lawn!!

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eweed Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2004

If I was trying to solve that problem my first inclination may be to build a little light weight buggy that you could fasten a weed eater to. I envison two fixed wheels side to side and something fore and aft to keep it leval with the ground probably castor type wheels or simple drag skids or a combination of. Just a thought. Ernie



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13levine Waconia, MN(Zone 4a) Jun 01, 2008

I used to have a pair of scissors on wheels that really worked slick but if you have very much to do I imagine your hands would get pretty tired. There was a lever on the handle that you squeezed as you pushed it along. I imagine it weighed maybe a pound and a half.

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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 03, 2008

Home Depot and Lowes sells front end mounted weed eaters that roll around and they are about 8 inches wide. Sounds like what you are looking for. :)

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